Commissioner constant didn ande are excused. We have a quorum. Welcome to the dbi. Youll see a strong tone of earthquake awareness and readiness in my comments today. Tomorrow, as most of you know marks the 30th anniversary of the leoma skwaeurb earthquake ae city is hosting numerous events at the marina, as well as holding a tabletop exercise at the department of emergency management, include within of ie Structural Engineers seok and brop is the terminology for that and the annual duck and cover exercise held at citywide. Thats actually an earthquake event. While much has been accomplished over the past three decades to strengthen buildings seismically. Seismically, we must prepare for earthquakes around the world. With our Retrofitting Program in its final phase, we are at 98 compliance in terms of filed permits and thats quite an achievements. So welldone and 65 completion and that could be stronger but well get there. Private Property Owners have invested approximately 250 million
Honestly, it was not a shock because its been a known issue and also our people are assumes going up like 30 to 60 a year for about five years. Reporter this comes as holland and many of his neighbors have been taking steps to mitigate fire risk. This is our home. The moragaorinda Fire Department has ordinances and we met them all. Reporter yazmin leave found out travelers would not be renewing her policy after 18 years. Ive got a list of people that could potentially insure me. I was on nextdoor and facebook following all the leads especially after state farm here in orinda hit pretty hard, but nothing panned out. Reporter lee looked into the fair plan created by the state, but the policy wouldnt begin to cover the costs of rebuilding her home. The state needs to step it up. The reality is we have homes. Were living here. They need to be insured. We need to be given some option and it looks like fair is just not a viable option for many. Reporter holland is trying to stay positive abo
Bay area. We all know how expensive homes are here, and then theres the matter of insurance. Many people live with the risks of wildfires in particular. So much so that Major Insurance Companies are pulling out all together, leaving people high and dry when it comes to something they desperately need. All state and farmers have completely stopped selling new policies in california. Now californias largest home insurer, state farm, has announced its not renewing roughly 30,000 policies in the state. According to the chronicle, orinda is being impacted the most by that. More than half of state farm policyholders in orinda will lose their coverage. 1,700 policies in total, the most of any zip code in the entire state. Our Andrea Nakano spoke to some of the people tonight who say theyve run out of options. Reporter tom holland has lived in orinda for 15 years. His home is tucked in the beautiful hillside where he takes daily walks with his two dogs. After paying more and more each year for
Now at 11 00, what do you do when your insurer breaks up with you. I called my broker, and he said he canceled. Thats it. Thousands of people are learning the hard way. Tensions explode and objects go flying. The violence that led riot police to rush in at a protest on a California College campus. And a flat footed thats off a political roller coaster. Weve seen videos of lawlessness in the city of oakland, but tonight new numbers show which crimes seem to be going down. From kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. Hello, im sara donchey. There is nothing easy about being a homeowner here in the bay area. We all know how expensive homes are here, and then theres the matter of insurance. Many people live with the risks of wildfires in particular. So much so that Major Insurance Companies are pulling out all together, leaving people high and dry when it comes to something they desperately need. All state and farmers have completely stopped selling new policies
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